Statues
QONDILE KHEDAMA: How Black Lives Matter turned the world's perception of history
Is viewing a statue actually an effective way of learning about history?
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Ramaphosa backs campaign to remove statues glorifying SA's apartheid past
President Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged that South Africa comes from a history of prejudice and exclusion, and said that since democracy in 1994, the country had worked to transform its heritage landscape.
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DA condemns decision by Ramaphosa to remove statues honouring colonial figures
The party intends raising the issue with the chairperson of Parliament's portfolio committee on sports, arts, and culture.
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Macron says France won't remove statues, erase history
Some protesters in the United States and elsewhere have targeted statues of historic figures associated with slavery or other past human rights abuses.
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OPINION: Quest to tear down statues over racism is intellectually vapid
John Lloyd says statues erected to commemorate should remain to spur reflection, and criticism.
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‘SA’s freedom did not come for free’
The first phase of the National Heritage monument has been launched. At the unveiling in Pretoria, Gauteng Premier David Makhura said, “we are creating a new and inclusive narrative of what it means to be human, to be African."
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Search on for Sarah Baartman plaque vandals
Community members claim to have seen a group of people throwing white paint over the plaque.
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Colonial statue meeting yields resolutions
A meeting was called by Nathi Mthethwa after several statues across the country were vandalised.
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EFF ordered to stop vandalising statues
Solidarity Movement’s Johan Kruger says the purpose of the interdict is to protect the sculptures.
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Mogale City steps up campaign against statue vandalism
Locals called for monuments in Krugersdorp to be protected following a spate of statue vandalism.
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Zille: More focus should be on poverty
Zille says while debates around statues and historical symbols are important, the focus should be on poverty.
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CARTOON: Monumental Repression
CARTOON: Monumental Repression
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Queen Victoria vandalism: Suspect walks
The suspect was released from police custody due to insufficient evidence.
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Gandhi statue vandalised
The statue and a commemorative plaque were smeared with white paint this afternoon.
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City of Tshwane opens case against statue vandals
Eyewitnesses claim Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members painted the sculpture brown.
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Martinus Wessel Pretorius, Andrew Murray statues vandalised
The statues of the former colonial era leaders have been defaced with paint.
